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Donkey cage game ahead for Saturday

News Staff
Thu, 02/07/2019 - 00:00
QUICK LOOK Rockdale High School Rotary Interact is sponsoring a donkey basketball game at 6 p.m. Saturday at RHS. Proceeds will go to Milam County Pack Pals, which provides nutritious food for children.

Texting 9-1-1 service will be available

News Staff
Thu, 02/07/2019 - 00:00
Starting next week, residents served by the Central Texas Regional 9-1-1 Program will be able to text that number to get emergency help.

Health care back in Rockdale

News Staff
Thu, 02/07/2019 - 00:00
Rockdale’s two-month stretch without any health facilities is ending. Dr. Jeremiah Havins, a cardiologist who has been seeing patients in a Thorndale clinic, told The Reporter on Tuesday he had signed a lease for part of the clinic building at 602 North Main earlier in the day.

Probation in Milano Booster Club thefts

News Staff
Thu, 02/07/2019 - 00:00
CAMERON—A 41-year-old Milano woman was convicted last week on a theft charge after she was accused of taking over $8,000 last fall from the Milano Athletic Booster Club.

No filings for ballots

News Staff
Thu, 02/07/2019 - 00:00
The filing pace for the May 4 city and school elections remained ice cold during the past week with no one filing for any race in Rock-dale, Milano or Thorndale. With the Feb. 15 filing deadline there’s on one face, for the Milano School Board.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

News Staff
Thu, 02/07/2019 - 00:00
Proudly sponsored by: 221-225 E. Cameron • Rockdale 512/446-5838 • Fax 512/446-5317 www.rockdalereporter.com THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7 • Milam County Republican Women annual banquet, 6 p.m., Cameron VFW. • Senior Exercise, 10:30 a.m., Senior Center, 446-2666.

Cases cleared in 20th District Court

News Staff
Thu, 02/07/2019 - 00:00
CAMERON—In addition to the conviction of a Milano woman for taking money from the Milano Booster Club (see story, page 1A) district court action was listed as follows by Prosecutor Bill Torrey: • Roberto Cardoza, 28, Cameron, was sentenced to a six-year prison term after a jury previously found him...

NEWSBRIEFS

News Staff
Thu, 02/07/2019 - 00:00
Alcohol-Drug awareness meeting Tuesday at JH Parents and guardians are urged to attend an alcohol and drug trends awareness meeting scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday in the junior-high commons, immediately following the monthly P-TO meeting.

FIRE CALLS

News Staff
Thu, 02/07/2019 - 00:00
Fire calls for South Milam County volunteer fire departments, dispatched from the Rockdale Police Department during the past week, were listed as follows: • 12:34 p.m. Jan. 29, small diesel spill at Thorn-dale Cefco, Thorndale VFD. • 1:30 p.m. Jan. 29, vehicle fire, 800 block of CR 336, Milano VFD.